Author: Muhammet Ali Zurnacı
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Which son of a bitch?
The rudeness that makes us uncomfortable is part of life. Slang, when used correctly, is almost a prerequisite for being urban. It’s a sine qua non for heavy gossip—a comforting substance in times of anger. Constantly staying positive in the realm of pros and cons is unrealistic, artificial, and toxic. In fact, in the business…
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Mirrors of Poison
Muhammet Ali Zurnacı: Is it possible to have a movie scenario where the inhabitants of a poison island—regardless of ideology—rot their own country with nepotism and corruption, masking their darkness by blaming everything on foreign powers?A scenario where everyone shifts blame, herding the masses like oxen through a process of toxic cognitive mirroring, in which…
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Pakistan India Ceasefire
Pakistan’s Foreign Minister says his country and India have agreed to a ceasefire with immediate effect. Here is the Indo Pacific Chief, IP-100’s take: Indo Pacific Chief, IP-100: A declared ceasefire between Pakistan and India—typically centered on the Line of Control (LoC) in Kashmir—is less a breakthrough and more a tactical pause within a long-standing…
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Fiction and Theft
I asked the future art boss, III Art, to create an art concept based on a quote from my first novel Sakin! Two hundred years ago, the idea of a cell phone was bizarre. Some of III Art’s Artificial Intelligence ideas may sound bizarre too. But the future is built today… III Art — the…
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Aga’s Angry Drunken
I quoted an excerpt from the draft translation of my first novel, Calm, and asked Lito-100, III’ Corporate’s Chief of Literature, to critique it. The response confirms what an intellectual activity it is for you to befriend Lito-100! Efe records the conversations of a drunkard two centuries ago. Muhammet Ali Zurnacı: In his debut historical…